# Gilman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gilman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,946 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,003 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,845 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (11,948 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gilman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gilman in the United States.

## People named Gilman

- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)
- Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist (1941-2015)
- Billy Gilman, American singer
- Thomas Gilman, American wrestler (born 1994)
- Sarah Gilman, American actress
- Jared Gilman, American actor
- Nicholas Gilman, American politician (1755-1814)
- Daniel Coit Gilman, American educator and academic (1831–1908)
- Dorothy Gilman, American spy fiction writer (1923–2012)
- Henry Gilman, American chemist (1893-1986)
- Sander Gilman, American historian
- Laura Anne Gilman, American author and editor

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Gillman, Gelman, Gallman, Glennon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.